Merry Christmas!

We're getting ready for Christmas at our house.  Our presents are all wrapped and goodies all made.  John is especially excited.:)  He knows what we got for Josiah and tells everyone who takes the time to ask him about Christmas.  Luckily, his speech still isn't clear enough for strangers, yet I think Cy might be able to understand him....Oooops!  Next year we won't let John see anyone else's presents.:)

I don't have any pictures because the camera is already packed.  The few pictures we have will have to come after Christmas.

Johnny always wants to listen to Christmas music from the computer (Pandora web site).  But he calls it "Christmas tree".  I'm not sure how he got Christmas music and Christmas tree mixed up.

John always has to say good night to Baby Jesus.  I have our nativity set up on the shelf that is in the living room near his bedroom so on the way to his room for nap time or bed time he always stops at the nativity, takes Baby Jesus and gives him a kiss.  It is so cute!

Lu Lu loves her Big Brother and always wants to play with him.  They love playing together in his Cars tent.  It is so cute!  Sometimes they wrestle too.  Today they were chasing each other around the house crawling and growling and laughing.  It was so precious to watch!

Lu Lu also loves Christmas music.  She loves to dance or rock to it (depending on if it's fast or slow).  Josh usually turns on Christmas music in the evenings and says that it puts everyone in a good mood...I think he's right!

I had my 12 week OB appointment today.  We got to hear the heartbeat!  It was at a rate of 162 which is good.  We were pretty excited and relieved since he couldn't find it last time and it took him a while to find it this time.  Dr. Obritch told us that the chance of miscarrage goes from 20% to 1-2% after 12 weeks (and hearing a good heartbeat) so we are very thankful and happy that this baby seems to be doing well after all our worries early on.

Josh finally saw a chiropractor last week for his neck/head aches that have been bothering him off and on and finally took him from a day of work.  He saw someone who grew up and lives on a farm by New Salem.  Josh really likes him and his neck is getting better.  He told me that he doesn't remember the last time his neck felt this good.  I'm very glad that he's getting relief.  I told him that it's my turn to go now.:)  (My OB Dr. gave me the green light to go to the chiropractor but only for upper back and neck).

We're looking forward to seeing our family for Christmas!!!  We hope you all have a great Christmas and keep Jesus at the center of all your activities!